The
first concept for this character
was a wild and sexy guy.
The development codename
for him was "The Third Man,"
and along those lines he
became Woo Shen, his name
"flip-flopping" to the current
name, and the latter moniker
seemed to stick.
Because Ash has his particular
appearance (LAUGH), Shen,
no matter how you look at
it, appears more like the
main character.
His character closely resembles
certain aspects of Ralf and
Yashiro in many ways, so
designers toiled to create
distinctive moves for this
character.
According to the supervising
designer, "What knotted my
stomach most was the shortness
of time we had for development."
(Boo, hoo)
We look forward to Shen's
future exploits in which
he'll be even more violent
than we have seen so far
(that's all we have to say).